CDR is entering a new phase where scale, financeability, and verified delivery are becoming the key measures of market progress. By March 2026, cumulative capital committed to carbon dioxide removal had reached USD 11.5 billion, while estimated annual removal capacity increased to 18.1 MtCO2e/year, up from ~12.5 MtCO2e/year in June 2025. The sector is still growing, but the basis of market confidence is changing: investors and buyers are now placing greater weight on delivery

May 2026 marked a public-sector-led phase of CDR market activity, with grants driving both capital deployment and deal flow. UK DESNZ-backed funding supported a broad set of engineered removal pathways, including BECCS, DAC, BiCRS, marine CDR, and enhanced weathering. Private capital remained active through equity rounds for Applied Carbon and CREW Carbon, but government funding shaped the month’s investment landscape. CDR offtake volumes declined from ~3.2M tonnes in April t

Current Landscape Soil Carbon Removal (SCR) is emerging as one of the more scalable nature-based CDR pathways, using improved agricultural and land management practices to increase soil organic carbon while supporting soil health, water retention, biodiversity, and farmer resilience. The market has already reached meaningful scale, with about 51.31 million tCO₂e issued and 37.86 million tCO₂e retired globally. Supply is strongly concentrated in Asia, which accounts for the la

Current Landscape The Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) sector is one of the most scientifically promising yet commercially nascent pathways in the carbon removal landscape. Oceans absorb between 25% to 30% of cumulative anthropogenic CO2 emissions, making them the planet’s largest active carbon sink. The sector covers both nature-based pathways, including mangroves, tidal marshes, seagrasses, and macroalgae systems, and technology-based pathways such as ocean alkalinity e